COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DDD 6004 DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK KÖSEOĞLU

Offered to

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management

Course Objective

Knowledge on decision-making techniques, to analyze organizational and individual decision-making processes

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowledge on decision-making techniques.
2   Knowledge on decision-making processes
3   To make a analysis on organizational decision making techniques
4   To make a analysis on individual decision-making techniques.
5   Ability to use scientific research to obtain decision-making processes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Defining the concept of decision-making
2 Decision theory, types of decision-making, decision-making characteristics, components, structure, process, models, components, matrix.
3 The problem of decision-making and general characteristics.
4 Conditions of the decision-making
5 Process Analysis, Decision-making techniques
6 Collective decision-making technique,
7 Brain Storming, Gordon technique
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Delphi method, the nominal group technique
10 Fishbone (Cause and Effect) Diagram
11 Pareto Diagram, Scatter Diagram
12 Control Charts,
13 Philips 66 Technique,
14 Individual decision-making,

Recomended or Required Reading

Arroba T.Y. (1978). Decision-making Style as a Function of Occupational Group, Decision Content and Perceived Importance. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 51, 219-229.
Bazerman, M. H. (1994). Judgement in Manegerial Decision Making, New York: Aktarma; Wiley in Rollinson, D. (2002) Organisational Behaviour and Analysis An Integrated Approach (Second Edition). Pearson Education Ltd: London.
Berg, B. L. (2004). Qualitative Research Methods for Social Sciences, International Student Edition, Fifth Edition. Pearson: USA.
Bilgin, A. (1995). Grup Rehberliğinin ve Grupla Psikolojik Danışmanın, Lise Öğrencilerinin Anne-Babalarından Bağımsız Meslek Kararı Verme Davranışına Etkisi. Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Ankara Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review ,case studies, data analyses, presentations and discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Having knowledge, skills, and competencies in the decision making techniques Phd. levels. Competencies and skills in research, studies, interpretation, expression, innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurism,
Performance in the exams, and applied studies. Performance in the presentations with a broad and comprehensive literature.
Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. Attendance.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Regular participation

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office phone: 0232 3018803, e-mail: snas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Open door on the course days

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.13
LO.23
LO.33
LO.43
LO.533

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